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The Wood Family 

SACKVILLE, N. B. 



BEING 



A GENEALOGY OF THE LINE 



FROM 



THOMAS WOOD, OF ROWLEY, MASS. 

Born about 1634 

TO 

JOSIAH WOOD, OF SACKVILLE, N. B. 

Born in 1843. 

WITH MANY FACTS ADDED CONCERNING 
COLLATERAL LINES. 



PUBLISHED BY 

Hon. JOSIAH WOOD, D.C.L. 

SACKVILLE, N. B. 

GATHERED AND ARRANGED BY 

JAMES ALLEN KIBBE, 

WAREHOUSE POINT, CONN. 
I 904 






IN EXCHANGB 



Warvarcl Coi. Uo. 



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THE following pages present the results of eight 
years research in connection with the ancestry of 
Honorable Senator Wood, of Sackville, New 
Brunswick, Canada. 

In addition to letters and family papers, the colonial 
records of Massachusetts and of Connecticut, the records 
of Essex and Middlesex Counties, Mass., of New 
London and Windham Counties, Conn., of the original 
town and Church and probate records of Boston, 
Salem, Cambridge, Littleton, Bradford and Rowley in 
Massachusetts, and of Enfield, Somers, Lebanon, 
Franklin, Norwich, Lisbon and Windham, in Con- 
necticut, have been laid under contribution. 

It is shown that Senator Wood is descended from 
Thomas Wood, of Rowley, Mass., who married Ann 

in 1654. It is further indicated (Appendix H) 

how this Thomas Wood is probably descended from Sir 
Robert Wood, of Norwich, Norfolk County, England, 
who was knighted in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 

Senator Wood will gladly receive any corrections, 
information to fill up missing links, or suggestions for 
further research. 



GENEALOGY. 



Thomas Wood 



m. 7th June, 1654 

Ann (Hunt ?) 



b. about 1634 

buried 12th September, 1687 



John 



b. about 1 637 

d. 29th December, 1714 



Wood 



m. 16th January. 1680 

Isabel Hazen 



b. 2nd November, 1656 
d. 



JOSIAH 



m. 



Wood 



b. 21st July, 1662 
d. 



Eleanor ( Barrett ?) 



b. 5th April, 1708 

d. 



JOSIAH 



d. 1 7th January, 1763 



m. 9th November, 1767 
Wood Ruth Thompson 



b. 9th March, 1740 
d. after 1791 



JOSIAH 



b. 20th November, 1745 
d. after 1831 



m. about 1804 



Wood 



Sarah Ayer 



b. 22nd September, 1776 
d. —March, 1809 



Mariner Ayer 



b. 24th June, 1784 

d. 26th December, 1867 



m. 2nd December, 1841 
Wood Louisa Cynthia Trueman 



b. —February, 1806 
d. 11th August, 1875 



Josiah 



b. 30th August. 1817 
d. 30th August, 1859 



Wood 



m. 14th January, 1874 

Laura Sophia Trueman 



b. 18th April, 1843. 



b. 14th January, 1856. 



FAMILY I. 




HOMAS WOOD of Rowley, Mass., is 
supposed to be the first of his line in 
this country. His ancestors have not 
been discovered. There is some reason 
to believe he belonged to the Wood 
family of Norwich, Norfolk County, 
Eng. {see Appendix H.) The first known of him is his 
marriage, recorded in Rowley: — Thomas and Ann Wood 
were married 4"*° 7'^' 1654. His wife is thought to have 
been Ann Hunt. Rowley records show that he was a 
man of excellent Christian character and of high stand- 
ing among his fellow citizens. All that is known of him 
is published in Essex Co. (Mass.) Institute Collections ; 
therefore only the essential facts are here given. He 
was buried 12th September, 1687. His descendants 
are many and widely scattered. 



I. 



2. 



Children Recorded in Rowley, Massachusetts : 

Mary, b. 15th March, 1655; probably the Mary Wood 
who married Edward Ordway, 12th December, 1678. 
(Newbury, Mass., Records.) 

John, b. 2nd November, 1656. Family II. 

Thomas, b. loth August, 1658; m. Mary Hunt, 26th 
June, 1683 ; had 9 children; was buried ist December, 
1702. His widow married a Davis and removed to 
Mansfield, Conn. 

Ann, b. 8th August, 1660; m. Benjamin Plummer, 15th 
January, 1678-9; resided in Rowley. 

Ruth, b. 2ist July, 1662; m. Capt. Joseph Jewett i6th 
Jan., 1 680- 1 ; resided in Rowley. She married (2) 



8 The Wood Family. 



[Family I 



John Lunt or Hunt 26th October, 1696, and died 29th 
October, 1734. The Jewett family of Norwich, Conn., 
from whom Jewett City received its name, is of this 
Hne. 

-jiL 6. Josiah, b. 5th September, 1664; m. Mary Felt 17th Oc- 
tober, 1689; resided in Rowley, then in Concord, then 
in Enfield (now Somers, Conn.), where he died loth 
December, 1728. His descendants still reside in Som- 
ers. He is said to have married ( i ) Sarah Elthorpe, 
and by her had one child, Joseph, but this seems 
doubtful. 

7. Elizabeth, b. 5th September, 1664; perhaps m. Captain 

Joseph Boynton. 

8. Samuel, b. 26th December, 1666; m. 21st January, 1689, 

Margaret Elthorpe; resided in Rowley; d. 25th No- 
vember, 1690 — "coming from Canada" ; had one 
child, Thomas. 

9. Solomon, b. 17th May, 1669; '"• 15th October, 1690, 

Mary Hazeltine; resided in Bradford, Alass.; had 
children. 

10. Ebenezer, b. 29th December, 1671 ; m. 5th April, 1695, 

Rachel Nichols resided in Rowley, then in Mendon, 
Mass. ; had 8 children, recorded in Rowley. 

11. James, b. 22nd June, 1674; d. 8th October, 1694. 



FAMILY II. 

John Wood^ (Thomas^), b. 2nd November, 1656, in 
Rowley, Mass. ; m. 15th January, 1680, Isabel 
Hazen, of Rowley ; d. 

JOHN WOOD 2 settled in Bradford, Mass., about 
the time of his marriage (1680). In 1726 he 
removed from Bradford to Littleton, Mass. 
About the same time his son, John Wood, of Boxford, 
Mass., settled in Littleton. His son Joseph also spent 
a number of years in the same town, and his sons 
Richard and Josiah appear there as witnesses to a deed 
given by John Wood, senior, to Joseph Wood, car- 
penter, both of Littleton, 160 acres with buildings, in 
Littleton, 7th March 1728-9. (Middlesex Co., Mass., 
Land Record Book jo, page i6g.) This farm John 
Wood of Bradford bought nth May, 1726 {ditto, page 
168), which proves that John Wood of Bradford was 
John Wood, senior, of Littleton. 

Isabel Hazen, wife of John Wood, was born in Row- 
ley s™*' (July) 21"^' 1662. She was the daughter of 
Edward Hazen, of Rowley, and his wife, Hannah, 
daughter of Thomas and Hannah Grant. 

Of the sons of John Wood^, five emigrated to 
Norwich, Conn., and settled on Portipaug Hill (now 
Franklin), near the Shetucket River. These five were 
Thomas, Joseph, Ebenezer, Richard and Josiah. Their 
mother's brother, Thomas Hazen, had already removed 
from Rowley to ''Portipaug" Hill. They did not, 
therefore, go as strangers into a strange land. The 
death record of John Wood", and of his wife Isabel 



^o The Wood Family. 



[Family II 



have not been found, but further investigation may 
clear away the obscurity that covers their last days. 

Children Recorded in Bradford and Rowley. 

1. Hannah, b. 12th January, 1681-2; m. James Bailey in 

Bradford 14th July, 1702. 

2. John, b. 13th February, 1683-4; m. Sarah Kimball (See 

Kimball Genealogy); resided in Boxford and Brad- 
ford until about 1726, when with his father and 
brothers he removed to Littleton, Mass., where he is 
supposed to have spent his remaining days. 

3. Priscilla, b. 27th August, 1686. 

4. Edward, b. 7th September, 1689; m. Mary Spofford, of 

Rowley, 23rd December, 1713 (Newbury Records) ; 
resided in Bradford. 

5. Thomas, b. 28th November, 1691 ; in early life lived and 

probably married in Rowley. According to Norwich 
Land Record Book, 2 B, pages 743,819, 860, he was 
of Rowley, Mass., 3rd June, 1714, and of Norwich, 
Conn., 9th July, 1715. In the same records he is 
called a carpenter. In Book 3 B, page 517, he is called 
brother of Joseph Wood, of Norwich. He married in 
Norwich 26th January, 1719-20, Experience Abell, 
possibly a second wife. He settled on "Pottopaug" 
Hill, near the Shetucket River, now in the township 
of Franklin, Conn. His children, all recorded in 
Norwich, were: i. Annie, b. 14th June, 1722; m. Col. 
Jedediah Elderkin 31st August, 1741 ; resided in 
Windham. 2. Abiah, b. 14th October, 1723; d. 21st 
October, 1725. 3. Benjamin, b. 7th September, 
1725 ; m. Elizabeth Dodge, of Windham, 5th Novem- 
ber, 1753; had 5 children. 4. Martha, b. 23rd Oc- 



Family II] 



The Wood Family. ii 



- tober, 1727; m. John Durkee, of Norwich, 3rd Janu- 
ary, 1753. 5- Ruth, b. 19th January, 1729-30. 
6. Zebedee, b. 30th March, 1732; m. Esther Hough 
loth November, 1756; had 6 children. 7. Bela, b. 
17th March, 1733-4; d. 25th October, 1757. 8. Lucy, 
b. 5th August, 1735. 9. Phineas, b. 20th September, 
1737; married, Hved in Windham. 10. Amey, b. 
28th February, 1738-9; m. 15th April, 1761, Ebene- 
zer Bingham. 

Samuel, b. i8th November, 1693; perhaps settled in 
Mansfield, Conn. 

Joseph, b. 5th May, 1696; m. 28th November, 1720, 
Hannah Carrier, of Lebanon, Conn. He died in 
Windham, Conn., 7th February, 1766, aged 70 years. 
He was a carpenter. The records show that he re- 
sided in Lebanon, Conn.; Norwich (Pottopaug Hill), 
Conn.; Lunenburg (Turkey Hills), Mass.; Littleton, 
Mass., and Windham, Conn. He was of Littleton, 
Mass., 14th November, 1729, at which date he and his 
wife Hannah signed deed to Littleton lands. He was 
of Norwich, Conn., when, 9th April, 173 1, he deeded 
lands in Turkey Hills (Lunenburg), Mass., which he 
had bought, 27th June, 1728, of John Wood, jr., of 
Littleton, Mass. (See Middlesex Co., Mass., Land 
Records, Book 29, page 381, and Book 33, page 195.) 
As early as 1740 he settled in Scotland Parish, Wind- 
ham, Conn., where he and his wife were members of 
the regular Congregational Church. A few years 
later they seceded and joined the Strict Congrega- 
tional Church ; but returned to the regular church 
20th March, 1758. In Norwich deeds, Thomas Hazen 
and his son Jacob call this Joseph Wood " cousin," 
and this Joseph Wood calls Thomas Wood "brother." 
Therefore, Thomas and Joseph must have been ?nis 



12 The Wood Family. 



[Family II 



of John and Isabel (Hazen) Wood, of Bradford and 
Littleton. 

Joseph Wood had the following children, and per- 
haps others: i. Priscilla, b. 31st October, 1721, in 
Norwich; d. ist April, 1743, in Windham. 2. Han- 
nah, b. 8th April, 1725, in Lebanon ; m. 3rd Septem- 
ber, 1755, Samuel Tubbs, of Norwich. 3. Miriam, 
b. 1st November, 1728, in Littleton; m. 3rd May, 
1748, Nathaniel Wood, of Norwich, her cousin. 

4. Irene, b. 8th December, 1729, in Littleton; m. 22nd 
March, 1749, John Pember, of Norwich. 5. Joseph, 
b. 1st October, 1732, in Norwich; m. 8th April, 1756, 
Deborah Tubbs ; resided in Windham ; had 5 children. 

8. Ebenezer, b. 8th May, 1^8; removed to Norwich, 

Conn., and settled with his brothers on "Potapauge" 
Hill. He married in Norwich 12th March 1718, 
Mary Rudd, and had: i, Mary, b. 25th Jan., 1719; 
m. Benoni Messenger 6th Sept., 1738. 2, Lydia, b. 
26th July, 1720; m. Stephen Story, jr., 6th Oct., 
1741. 3, Beulah, b. 27th Feb., 1721-2; m. Richard 
Haskins 23rd Nov., 1742. 4, Elizabeth, b. i6th 
Aug., 1724; m. Jonathan Eastman 17th July, 1744. 

5, Ebenezer, b. 15th Nov., 1726; m. Philippa Story 
loth Dec, 1745. 6, Nathaniel, b. 19th Nov., 1729 ; 
m. Miriam Wood, his cousin, 3rd May, 1748; had 5 
sons and 2 daughters. 7, John, b. 6th Jan., 1731-2. 
8, Esther, b. 29th Jan., 1734; m. Yetonce Barstow 
6th Aug., 1 75 1. 

9. Bithia, b. 19th January, 1702-3 ; m. Jabez Bingham 8th 

February, 1720-21. 

10. Richard, b. 30th January, 1705-6; by wife Sarah had 

born in Littleton, Mass., Eleanor, 28th May, 1728; 
John, 22nd January, 1729-30; and in Norwich, 



Family II] ThE WoOD FaMILY. I3 



Conn., Sarah, 3rd January, 173 1-2, and Richard, 8th 
June, 1734. 

II. Josiah, b. 5th April, 1708. Family III. 

Note. — EHphalet Wood, perhaps cousin of the above, 
settled in Norwich near the others of the name. He mar- 
ried there 2nd October, 1729, Mary Hough, and had Ann, 
b. 4th August, 1731 ; John, b. 28th October, 1733, d. 2nd 
February, 1779. EHphalet Wood, "the father," died i8th 
January, 1738-9. An EHphalet Wood of Norwich married 
Mrs. Mary Bennett of Ipswich, Mass., 22nd May, 1746. 

In Windham Hannah Wood m. Ephraim Wright 29th 
June, 1724. 



FAMILY III. 

JOSIAH WOOD'^ (John2, Thomas^; b. 5th 
April, 1708, in Bradford, Mass.; d. ; m. 

Eleanor ; d. 17th January, 1763. 

No record has been found of the marriage of Josiah 
and Eleanor Wood. 

In Chelmsford Town Records we find that "Eleanor 
Barrett," daughter of John and Margaret Barrett, was 
born 26th May, 1706; also that John Swallow married 
Ann Barrett, both of Chelmsford, 3rd January, 1692-3. 

John Swallow, of Chelmsford, Mass., deeded 13th May, 
1729, to Josiah Wood, of Littleton, 30 acres, house, 
barn, etc., in Chelmsford. In this deed he calls Josiah 
Wood his "kinsman." The land described in this deed 
was conveyed to John Swallow by John Barrett a short 
time before, and the deed contained a provision that John 
Barrett and his wife should be cared for during life. 

Josiah Wood, of Chelmsford, Mass., and his wife 
Eleanor deeded the same premises back to John Swallow 
13th October, 1730, and in the deed they declare that they 
had received the same from him by "deed of gift." 

These deeds prove a relationship between these three 
families and leave little doubt that Eleanor, wife of 
Josiah Wood, of Chelmsford, was either Eleanor Barrett, 
b. 26th May, 1706, daughter of John and Margaret 
Barrett, or a daughter of John and Ann (Barrett) 
Swallow. 

In these deeds Josiah Wood is called a cordwainer. 
fSee Middlesex County^ Mass, , Land Records, Book 28, 
page 162; Book J I, page 28 j.) 



Family III] ThE WOOD FaMILY. 15 



The first record found of Josiah Wood is in a deed 
witnessed by him and his brother Richard, 7th March, 
1728-9. This deed was given by his father, John 
Wood, senior, to his brother, Joseph Wood, both of 
Littleton, Mass. (Middlesex County^ Alass., Lmid 
Records, Book jo, page ig6.) 

In the spring of 1731 Josiah Wood "of Norwich," 
Conn., bought land in Norwich on " Potapaug Hill" 
and extending to the Shetucket River. (Norwich, Conn., 
Land Records, Book 6, pages 28g and jo'j.) Therefore 
he must have settled on Portipaug Hill, Norwich, after 
13th October, 1730, and before the spring of 1731. His 
last recorded deed was given in Norwich i6th November, 
1767. In November of this year Josiah Wood and his 
sons Job and Elijah sold their real estate on Portipaug 
Hill and probably moved away. Elijah was living in 
Amenia, Dutchess County, N.Y., in 1790. (See Franklin, 
Conn., Land Records, Book i, page 26g.) Eleanor, wife 
of Josiah Wood, died in Norwich 17th January, 1763. 
Josiah Wood, of Norwich, and Mrs. Rebecca Hosford, 
of Norwich, were married 8th September, 1763, by Rev. 
James Cogswell, of Canterbury, Conn. 

Children recorded in Norwich, unless otherwise indicated: 

1. Abigail, b. 25th February, 1727-8, recorded in Littleton, 

Mass. ; m. Timothy Larabie, of Windham, 20th Feb- 
ruary, 1750-51. 

2. Eleanor (?), not found on record, probably born in 

Chelmsford in 1730; m. in Norwich, Conn., John 
Knight, 24th November, 1748. 

3. Isabel, b. loth March, 1732-3 ; m. Benjamin Knight, of 

Norwich, 28th November, 1758. 



1 6 The Wood Family. [Family hi 



4. Sampson, b. 19th May, 1735 ; m. Thankful , 

and had: Thankful, b. 14th March, 1761, in Cold 
Springs, now Bclchertown, Mass.; Esther, b. 5th 
March, 1763, in Tolland, Conn.; Josiah, b. 7th 
March, 1768, and Calvin, b. 12th January, 1771, both 
in Windham, Conn. 

5. Job, b. 31st July, 1737; m. Theoda Walbridge, of Nor- 

wich, — February, 1758, and had Levi, b. 2nd De- 
cember, 1758; Joshua, b. 4th April, 1762; Lois, b. 
20th March, 1765 ; Anna, b. 23rd February, 1767. 

6. Josiah, b. 9th March, 1739-40 Family IV. 

7. Joshua, b. 14th April, 1742. 

8. Elijah, b. 15th April, 1744; m. Mercy Lathrop, of Nor- 

wich, 23rd February, 1763, and had: Olive, b. 5th 
October, 1763; Andrew, b. 6th April, 1766; Jesse, 
b. 6th January, 1768. Elijah Wood was living in 
Amenia, Dutchess County, N. Y., 17th April, 1790. 
(Franklin, Conn., Land Records, Book i, page 269.) 

9. Priscilla, b. i8th July, 1746. 

10. Thankful, b. nth February, 1747-8. 

11. Olive, b. 23rd September, 1750. 

12. Martha, b. 20th April, 1753. 



FAMILY IV. 

JOSIAH WOOD^ (Josiah^, John^, Thomas^), b. 
9th March, 1740, in Norwich, Conn. ; m. 9th 
November, 1767, Ruth Thompson, of Lebanon, 
Conn, (see Appendix A); d. about 1792. 

Children Born in Lebanon, Conn. 

1. Betsey, b. 13th June, 1768; married Loring Parsons. 

They were living in Montgomery County, N. Y,, 
15th September, 1800. {Lebanon, Conn., Land Re- 
cords, Book 18, page 482.) 

2. Josiah, b. 22nd September, 1776. See Family V. 

3. Charles Thompson, b. 19th October, 1779 ; married 

Elizabeth Tracy about 1801 ; died 20th March, 1807, 
She died 8th April, 1826. For descendants see Ap- 
pendix C. 

4. Eunice, b. 15th April, 1781. She is supposed to have 

married a man named Hoar and to have had a daugh- 
ter Maria and perhaps a son Josiah. See Appen- 
dix G. 

Josiah Wood* married and settled in Lebanon, Conn. 
He lived about five miles west of his father's home on 
Portipaug Hill. His real estate consisted of less than 
an acre of land, with house, barn and shop thereon, 
located on the east side of the street and about 60 rods 
north of the old brick church in Lebanon street. 

Family tradition, which in this case is supported by 
the records, makes it certain that he left his family in 
Lebanon and went to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, doubtless 
in the summer of 1791, to look up and get possession 



1 8 The Wood Family. [Family iv 



of larcre tracts of land in that township which had been 
granted to his father-in-law, Robert Thompson, "now 
deceased." 

Josiah Wood^ is said to have died while on his return 
voyage, but just when is not known. 

A few years after his death, probably in 1800, his 
widow, Ruth Wood, and his son, Josiah Wood^, went 
to Nova Scotia on the same business that had drawn 
thither Josiah Wood*. The son remained there, but 
the widow returned to Connecticut, where she was alive 
as late as 1831. She seems to have been a w^oman of 
more than ordinary force of character and intelligence. 
Her husband made her his attorney to manage his 
affairs in Lebanon 27th June, 1791, just before he started 
for Nova Scotia, thus showing his faith in her ability. 
Her energy at the age of 55 years is seen in the weari- 
some journey to Nova Scotia and the return (1800 to 
1802). No doubt the interests of her children impelled 
her to all these labors. See her letters in Appendix D. 



FAMILY V. 

JOSIAH WOODS (josiahS Josiah% ]ohn\ 
Thomas^), b. 22nd September, 1776, in Lebanon, 
Conn.; m. probably in 1804, Sarah Ayer, of 
Dorchester, N. B. (see Appendix B); d. in March, 
1809, at Dorchester, N. B. 

Children Born in Dorchester, New Brunswick, Canada. 

1. Mariner Ayer, b. — February, 1806. Family VL 

2. Ann Thompson, b. 14th October, 1807; died i6th 

March, 1889, in Sackville, N. B. 

In 1800 Josiah Wood*^ and his mother, Ruth Wood, 
came from Lebanon, Conn., to Dorchester, New 
Brunswick. The purpose of their coming was to get 
possession of the lands granted to Robert Thompson, 
grandfather of Josiah Wood'^, as has been previously 
mentioned. In this purpose we know they failed. They 
were in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, in the winter of 1800- 
180 1, but returned to Dorchester, New Brunswick, the 
following autumn. Here he married in 1804 or early 
in 1805, and in this vicinity spent the rest of his days. 
His diary (now in possession of his descendants) begun 
in 1800, throws much light upon his life. It tells of 
his work as a cloth maker, of his teaching school, of his 
playing the flute and singing songs, and of many other 
characteristic events. This diary also throws consider- 
able light upon life and society at the head of the Bay 
of Fundy one hundred years ago. 

Sarah, widow of Josiah Wood^ married (2) Philip 
Palmer, and with him resided in Sackville, N. B. She 
died there 26th December, 1867, aged 83 years. 



FAMILY VI. 

IV/TARINER AVER WOOD^ (Josiah^, JosiahS 
^^^ Jos^ah^ John^, Thomas^) b. — February, 
1806, at Dorchester, New Brunswick, Canada. 
m. (i) 2nd December, 1841, Louisa Cynthia Trueman, 
of Point de Bute, Westmorland County, N. B., where 
she was born 30th August, 181 7 ; she died in Sackville, 
N. B. , 30th August, 1 859. m. (2) 8th July, 1 863, Cynthia 
Bent, of Fort Lawrence, Cumberland County, Nova 
Scotia; she was born 20th September, 1822 ; she married 
(2) 26th April, 1890, in Montreal, Rev. John Prince, of 
Moncton, N. B. ; she had no children (see Bent Family 
page iy6). d. nth August, 1875, in Sackville, N. B. 

Children Born in Sackville. 

1. Josiah, b. 18th April, 1843. Family VII. 

2. Charles Harmon, b. 31st August, 1845; died at Tor- 

quay, England, 6th April, 1871. He was a graduate 
of Mount Allison University, Sackville, N. B., class 
of '66. 

Mariner Ayer Wood early in life began business in 
a small way in Sackville, N. B. Under his careful 
planning and intelligent care it grew into a large mer- 
cantile and ship-building establishment with a widely 
known reputation. In 1871 a partnership was formed, 
the sons, Josiah and Charles Harmon, being added, and 
the firm name became M. Wood & Sons. But the 



Family VI] 



The Wood Family. 21 



younger son, Charles Harmon Wood, died that same 
year (1871) and in 1875 the father. Mariner Wood, 
died. This left the son, Josiah Wood, sole representa- 
tive and proprietor. Under him the business has been 
greatly increased and extended. It still bears the firm 
name of M. Wood & Sons. 



FAMILY VII. 

JOSIAH WOOD' (Mariner^, Josiah^, JosiahS 
Josiah^, John-, Thomas^), b. i8th April, 1843, 
in Sackville, N. B. ; m. 14th January, 1874, L^ura 
Sophia Trueman. 

Children Born in Sackville, N. B. 

1. Eleanor Louisa, b. 29th August, 1875; m. Frank B. 

Black, 24th February, 1898. 

2. Herbert Mariner, b. loth May, 1877. 

3. Annie Laura, b. i6th February, 1879; d- ^^th February, 

1879. 

4. Dora Beatrice, b. 3rd July, 1881. 

5. William Trueman, b. 22nd July, 1884. 

6. Hester Victoria, b. 28th February, 1887. 

Honorable Josiah Wood^ graduated at Mount Allison 
University, Sackville, N. B., in 1863. He received from 
his Alma Mater the degree of M.A. in 1866 and the 
degree of D.C.L. in 1891. His position in the business 
world is seen in his extensive and varied transactions 
in the marts of two hemispheres. For thirteen years he 
represented his county in the Dominion House, and for 
eight years (1903) he has been a member of the Senate. 
The following account of Senator Wood is copied from 
Mount Allison University Argosy for March, 1902: 

"Immediately after graduation Mr. Wood proceeded to 
the study of law in the offices of his uncle, the late Justice 
Palmer, and in due course was regularly admitted to the 



Family VII] ThE WoOD FaMILY. 23 

bar. He, however, had scarcely entered the practice of his 
profession when the ill - health of his brother Charles 
brought about a change of plan, and business rather than 
law became his life work. The death of his father in 1875 
threw upon him not only the headship, but the entire control 
of the well known house of M. Wood & Sons, a responsibil- 
ity which he has retained unshared until the present. At 
the same time he succeeded his honored father. Mariner 
Wood, Esq., as a member of the Mount Allison Board of 
Regents and as treasurer of the corporation, which posi- 
tions, greatly to the benefit of his Alma Mater, he still con- 
tinues to hold. 

Mr. Wood's course in college gave promise of a life of 
usefulness and distinction. He took exceptionally high 
rank as a student, even at that early period giving abundant 
evidence of that clear-headedness, that penetrative analytic 
quality of mind which has been his characteristic ever since. 
That promise has been made good. In business circles no 
name stands higher than his. His mercantile and financial 
interests have been of large proportions and wide ramifica- 
tions, involving banking, railroading and real estate transac- 
tions, in addition to wholesale merchandising on a large 
scale. 

In 1882 he was elected representative for the County of 
Westmorland in the Dominion House, and retained the seat 
till 1895, when he was elevated to the Senate. While in the 
Commons he occupied the responsible position of chairman 
of the committee on banking and commerce, and through- 
out his legislative career has sustained the reputation of 
being one of the clearest thinkers and most effective debat- 
ers in Parliament. His strength lies not in flashy, frothy 
rhetoric, for he has none of the arts of the stump-speaker, 
but in the fulness of his information, the searching analysis 
which he brings to bear on the phenomena which he dis- 



24 The Wood Family. [Family vii 

cusses and the clearness with which his well-matured ideas 
are enunciated. 

By none is the Senator's worth more fully recognized and 
appreciated than by the Regents, Faculty, Alumni and the 
general student body of Mount Allison. In directing the 
policy of the University and its cognate institutions, his 
counsel naturally exerts a potential influence. In financial 
emergencies he has proved a tower of strength, his advice 
invaluable and his personal contributions generous and fre- 
quent. As founder of "the Wood Professorship of Class- 
ics" and donor of other large gifts, he takes rank among the 
leading benefactors of his Alma Mater, in whose services he 
ungrudgingly spends time as well as money. 

Senator Wood is still in the prime of life, and the Argosy 
and all its readers sincerely trust that he has many years yet 
left in which to work for Mount Allison and Canada." 



APPENDIX A. 

Ruth Thompson, wife of Josiah Wood*, was the daugh- 
ter of Robert Thompson and his wife Rebecca, daughter of 
Ebenezer and Rebecca (Sweetzer) Messenger. Rebecca 
Messenger was born in Boston 26th June, 1721, and there 
married Robert Thompson 20th December, 1743. (See 
Boston Records and N. E. Hist, and Gen. Register, Vol. 16, 
page 311.) 

Children of Robert Thompson recorded in Lebanon are: 
I. Ruth, "born in Boston, Mass.," 20th November, 1745, 
daughter of Robert and Rebecca Thompson. 2. Ann, born 
in "Newton" (Newtown), Conn., 21st August, 1755, daugh- 
ter of Robert and Martha Thompson. 3. Robert, "yr" 
(their) son, born in Lebanon, Conn., 25th March, 1757. 

In the Lebanon Records these names are all written to- 
gether as one family, and are all there given as the children 
of one and the same Robert Thompson. 

A lawyer was employed in 1844 to search the title of 
Robert Thompson to Nova Scotia lands. At that time this 
lawyer made a chart of this Robert Thompson's descend- 
ants, which is in the possession of the Wood family. This 
chart adds to the list of his children : 4, Desire, and 5, 
Martha, who married Patton Murray and who had a 
daughter Anne, the wife of George Graves, probably of 
St. John, N. B. 

This chart also gives the important fact that Robert, son 
of the above Robert Thompson, was "slain in action." 
Probably Desire died young. Probably Martha was born in 
Nova Scotia or New Brunswick. Of the several heirs of 
Robert Thompson living in the United States in 1844 this 
lawyer's chart makes no mention. From the foregoing it 

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26 The Wood Family. [appendix a 

is seen that the children of Robert Thompson were: i, 
Ruth ; 2, Ann ; 3, Robert ; 4, Desire ; 5, Martha. Robert 
Thompson probably died in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, for 
that is the last place in which he is said to have resided. 
See Appendix E. Nothing is known concerning the last 
days of his wives, Rebecca and Martha. 

In 1759 the township of Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, was 
granted to about 150 prospective settlers, one of whom was 
Robert Thompson, of Lebanon, Conn. His share in the first 
grant was 750 acres. In 1763 he received an additional 
grant of 500 acres. He must soon after have gone to Nova 
Scotia to look after his property and there died, probably 
before the conditions of his grant were fulfilled. His son- 
in-law, Josiah Wood * , then undertook to save the property, 
and in 1791 he mortgaged his Lebanon home and shop and 
his rights in his Cornwallis lands, and went to Nova Scotia, 
but died before reaching his Lebanon home, to which he 
was returning. In 1800 Josiah Wood^, with his mother 
Ruth, went thither on the same quest, but for some unex- 
plained reason the title was lost and the lands passed into 
other hands. 



APPENDIX B. 

Sarah Ayer, of Dorchester, N. B., wife of Josiah Wood, 
was the only child of Mariner Ayer and his wife, Amy 
Easterbrooks. She married (2) Philip Palmer, of Sackville, 
N. B. 

Amy Easterbrooks, wife of Capt. Mariner Ayer, was the 
daughter of Valentine and Jacobina Easterbrooks. She was 
born 14th September, 1763. She married (2) Martin Bent, 
of Fort Lawrence, N. S., 12th December, 1786. She died 
4th June, 1845. 

Capt. Mariner Ayer was born about 1761, family tradi- 
tion says while the family were on the voyage from Connec- 
ticut to New Brunswick ; hence the name of Mariner. He 
was the son of Elijah Ayer and his wife, Abigail Merrill. 
He married Amy Easterbrooks, 6th May, 1783. He was a 
master mariner, and died loth March, 1785, in the wreck 
of his vessel off Grand Manan. 

Elijah Ayer, father of Capt. Mariner Ayer, sold his 
property on Portipang Hill, Norwich, Conn., and removed 
to New Brunswick about 1761. (See Norwich, Conn., Land 
Records.) The following facts are recorded in Norwich : 

Elijah Ayer and Content Werden, both of Norwich, were 

married November, 1746, and had Sarah, born 

2nd July, 1748. 

Content, wife of Elijah Ayer, died 15th June, 1749. 
Elijah Ayer, of Norwich, and Abigail Merrill were married 
26th March, 1752 (Also recorded in Windham.) 

Sarah, daughter of Elijah and Content Ayer, died loth 
December, 1752. 

Elijah, son of Elijah and Abigail Ayer, was born 27th 
April, 1753. 

Nehemiah, son of Elijah and Abigail Ayer, was born 22nd 
December, 1755, (married nth September, 1783, 
Jacobina Bent.) 

Sarah, daughter of Elijah and Abigail Ayer, was born 9th 
October, 1758. 



28 The Wood Family. [appendix b 

Elijah Ayer had other children. His son Mariner is said 
to have been born on the sea. His sons Obadiah and 
Thomas must have been born in New Brunswick. 

In the old graveyard at Sackville, N. B., are the following 
inscriptions : 

" Sacred to the memory of Elijah Ayer, a native of 
Norwich, Connecticut, who died November 13th, 1799, in 
his 73rd year. 

" Nehemiah Ayer, died 3rd October, 1842, in the 88th 
year of his age. 

" Obadiah Ayer, died 9th December, 1856, in his 93rd 
year. 

" Thomas Ayer, died 24th May, 1829, aged 62 years." 

Elijah, son of Elijah and Abigail Ayer, married in 
Sackville, N. B., Elizabeth Hicks, 30th May, 1771, and had 
Dorothy, born 24th December, 1771. He settled in 
Eastport, Maine, before 1775. The other sons lived and 
died in Sackville, N. B. 

The land records of Norwich, Conn., show that the father 
of Elijah Ayer, sr., of Norwich and Sackville, was Joseph 
Ayer, of Norwich, whose father was also Joseph Ayer. 
This last Joseph Ayer early bought land on Portipaug Hill, 
Norwich, and removed thither from Haverhill, Mass. He 
had two sons, Joseph and Timothy, one of whom, Joseph, 
deeded land at Portipaug to Elijah Ayer, calling him " my 
son." Here Elijah lived until he sold out and went to New 
Brunswick. 

The Haverhill family of Aycrs is descended from John 
Ayer, who was in this country as early as 1640. His 
descendants are very numerous in northern Massachusetts. 
The Norwich, Conn., branch still has representatives bear- 
ing the name of Ayer living at Portipaug. Their homes 
are situated at the foot of "Ayer's Mountain," the highest 
elevation in that vicinity. The Wood family of Norwich 
had their early homes in the same neighborhood. 



APPENDIX C. 



Charles Thompson Wood (see Family IV.) married 
Elizabeth Tracy, of Norwich, and had born there : 

1. Rachel Tracy, b. , 1803, who married Daniel A. 

Carew, of Norwich, and with him moved to Kins- 
man, Ohio. He died 7th June, 1837, and she died 
about 1882. 

2. Charles Joseph, b. nth December, 1805. He married 

in Norwich 22nd May, 1831, Abby M. Bushnell, and 
immediately removed to Kinsman, Ohio, 31st Janu- 
ary, 1902. Their children were : 

1. Charles Tracy, b. 9th December, 1832; d. ist December, 

1845. 

2. David Bushnell, b. 28th December, 1834 ; m. 12th Octo- 

ber, 1869, Cornelia C. Pitcher, who died 14th Decem- 
ber, 1900, in Springfield, Missouri, whither they had 
moved. He married (2) Miss Ida Reeve, 28th 
October, 1902, in Springfield, Missouri, where he 
still resides. His children are : (i) Nina Estella, 
b. 1 6th October, 1871 ; m. 25th February, 1891, 
Oscar M. Ferrin, a merchant in Oklahoma Terri- 
tory, and has Mary Cornelia, b. 13th June, 1895, 
and Leroy Trueman, b. 31st October, 1896 ; (2) 
Grace Christine, b. 14th July, 1879 5 (s) Charles 
Herman, b. i8th August, 1882; d. 24th November, 
1887, at Sibley, Iowa. 

3. Mary Burnham, b. 30th July, 1837 ; m. 29th November, 

i860, Ethelbert Fobes. She died 13th July, 1873; 
had one child, Charles Burt, b. loth September, 1865. 

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30 The Wood Family. [Appendix c 

4. Thomas Loren, b. 21st July, 1840; m. 3rd March, 1864, 

Mary A. Tracy. He was killed at the battle of Reams 
Station, Virginia, 29th June, 1864. He had no 
children. 

5. Abby Sophia, b. 5th December, 1845 5 "i. i6th March, 

1869, William Wallace ; children : (i) Mary 
Crawford, b. i6th May, 1875 ; (2) Sophia Bushnell, 
b. 24th November, 1880 ; (3) Annie Eliza, b. 6th 
December, 1883. 

6. Charles Burnham, b. 28th September, 1847 ! ^- 8th May, 

1881, Annie Ludwig ; children : (i) William 
Wallace, b. 17th January, 1883 ; (2) Carl Clififord, 
b. 20th June, 1884 ; (3) John Leroy, b. 3rd 
September, 1886. 

7. Sarah Adelia, b. 14th March, 1852 ; m. 13th October, 

1880, Sylvester Gillis ; children : (i) Frank, b. 
14th June, 1883 ; (2) Mabel, b. 4th September, 1887. 

Elizabeth Tracy, widow of Charles Thompson Wood, of 
Norwich, Conn., lived and died in Norwich. She did not 
remarry. Her two children, Rachel Tracy Wood and 
Charles Joseph Wood, lived with their uncle, Benjamin 
Tracy, of Norwich. He, having no children, willed all his 
property to these two children of his relative, Elizabeth 
(Tracy) Wood. 



APPENDIX D. 

Copies of letters in possession of Josiah Wood, Sackville, 
N. B.: 

Newport, May 4th, 1801. 

Dear Son : After my sincere love to you, I inform you 
of my health which I at present enjoy. I have to request 
you to sail for this country as soon as possible, as I think 
it would be much to your advantage, and if you knew the 
anxiety I labor under to see you you would not delay the 
time. The vessel which bears this letter is bound to York, 
where she will be again in about six weeks. I think it will 
be best for you to go to York as soon as you receive this, 
and if no other opportunities offer you can work in some 
shop until this vessel returns. Any Plaster Paris vessel 
that you can hear of will forward you to this country. I 
wish you to bring down with you a pound or two of bees- 
wax and the little old bed if convenient, if Eunice can do 
without it, and the pieces of my red cloak ; likewise the 
stone sleeve buttons. I have wrote to Betsy, and wish you 
to write to Asa for me my sincere respects to all enquiring 
friends. I remain, dear son, your very affectionate mother, 

Ruth Wood. 

(The above letter was on the first page. On the second 
page of the same sheet of paper were the two following 
letters :) 

Dear Daughter : I am extremely impatient to hear 
from you. As I expect by this time you have changed your 
situation, if I live I expect I shall visit you as soon as Josiah 
and Charles is settled, and if Charles comes down soon I 

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shall be able most likely to come next spring and spend the 
summer with you. I have several things to send you, but 
dare not risk them till some vessel I find going directly 
to New London. I beg you to behave with prudence and 
discretion. 

Betsy complains to me that you don't send her books. I 
wish you would not fail to send them as soon as possible. 
You must excuse this limited letter and wait with patience 
for my return. I am, Dr. Daughter, 

Your Affectionate Mother, 
Miss Eunice Wood. Ruthe Wood. 



Ever, Ever. 
Dr. Sister : I can write you but 2 or 3 words. Just 
enough to convince you I have not forgot you. Desirous 
to hear of your welfare and live in the joyful expectation of 
seeing you another year. Pray remember me to the young 
ladies, my old acquaintances and such of the young gentle- 
men that enquire after me. Persuade some of them to write 
by Charles. Mamma wishes you to send an account of the 
things you had of hers by Charles. I remain, Dr. Sister, 

your friend and Brother, 

Josh Wood. 



Appendix D] ThE WoOD FaMILY. 33 

Dorchester, County of Westmorland, 

Province of New Brunswick, 

October 26th, 1801. 

Dear Son : If these Lines come safe to hand you wifl 
Learn by them that I have lately arrived in this place as 
above mentioned. Am in health and keeping house for 
Josiah, who somewhat expects to be married this winter or 
early in the Spring. He expects to be in Boston next Summer 
and if he don't visit you he will send the Deed. I wish you 
to write me a letter as soon as possible and direct it to 
Josiah Wood at Dorchester, County of Westmorland, Pro- 
vince of New Brunswick. I wish you to write very par- 
ticular about all my children, and if I thought they were 
any ways anxious to see me I should visit them next fall 
if I could. Send your letter to Boston to some acquaintance 
there, desiring him to put it on board some vessel bound to 
Cumberland or to Saint John, N.B. I must particularly men- 
tion Eunice and your wife. Josiah sends his sincerest 
respects to your wife, as she was a girl he very much 
esteemed. He sends his love to Eunice and hopes to see her 
next summer. I am Dr. Son, with the Sincerest affection, 
your Mother, 

Charles T. Wood. Ruth Wood. 

The address was as within these lines : 



Mr. Charles Th. Wood, 

Hatter, Norwich, 

State of Connecticut. 



The above letter was written on one side of the sheet. It 
was folded, sealed with a wafer, and addressed as above on 
the back of the sheet — no envelope was used. 



APPENDIX E. 

Copy of Deed from Lebanon Land Records, Book 15, 
page 482. 

"Know ye that we Josiah Wood and his wife, Ruth 
"Wood, both of Lebanon, in the County of Windham, in 
"the State of Connecticut, which said Ruth was Daughter 
"to Robert Thompson, late of said Lebanon, more lately of 
"Cornwallis, in the Province of Nova Scotia, now Deceased. 
"For the consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds 
"in lawful money of the State of Connecticut, received to 
"our full satisfaction of Ichabod Robinson, of Lebanon, in 
"the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, Do 
"give, grant, bargain and confirm unto the said Robinson 
"and to his heirs and assigns forever (in order to enable 
"him to reconvey to the said Josiah Wood, which he has 
"agreed to do) all the right, title, interest and estate which 
"the said Ruth Wood has, may or can have as heir at law to 
"the said Robert Thompson, deceased ; of, in or unto all the 
"lands and real estate lying and being in said Cornwallis, 
"or at any other place in the Province of Nova Scotia, of 
"which the said Robert Thompson died seized whether the 
"same was set out to the said Robert in severalty or lay in 
"common with other proprietors and not divided : 

"To have and to hold, etc., etc. 

"Witness, William Williams and Betsy Wood. 

"Dated 27 June, 1791." 

Josiah Wood in Lebanon made his wife, Ruth Wood, his 
Agent and Attorney to manage his Lebanon property, on 
the 27th June, 1791. (Sec Lebanon Land Records, Book 
16, page 40p.) 



Appendix E] 



The Wood Family. 35 



Conveyances relating to Josiah Wood property in Leba- 
non, Connecticut. (See Lebanon Land Records, Book 18, 
pages 85, S35 and 482, and Book ip, page 158). 

1. Charles T. Wood, of Norwich, to Samuel Bailey, of 
Lebanon — Deed — 1-4 part of house and land in Lebanon, 
late the property of Josiah Wood, deceased, bounded on the 
main highway and Ichabod Robinson. 

Dated 25th Oct., 1800. 

2. Eunice Wood, of Norwich, deeds her right in estate of 
her father, Josiah Wood, deceased, house and 3-4 acre of 
land, to Samuel Bailey. 

Dated 27th Dec, 1802. 

Witness, Benjamin Tracy and Charles T. Wood. 

3. Loring Parsons and Betsy Parsons, his wife, of the 
County of Montgomery, State of New York, deed to 
Samuel Bailey, Junior, undivided 1-4 of about one acre of 
land in Lebanon, formerly the property of Josiah Wood, 
deceased, being enclosed by land of Ichabod Robinson. 
Date, 15th Sept., 1800. Witnessed by Peter V. Veeder and 
John Goodwin. Ack. before Peter V. Veeder, Justice of 
the Peace at Broadalbin, Montgomery Co., New York, 29th 
Sept., 1800. 

4. Samuel Bailey to Joseph Robinson, Deed— Three- 
quarter acre with old house, barn, shop and other buildings, 
ail of which were conveyed to me by the heirs of Josiah 
Wood, deceased, and from the widow, Lucy Hyde; land 
located in South Society, 60 rods north of the brick meeting 
house, highway west. Dated April ist, 1806. 

Widow Lucy Hyde bought the right of Widow Little in 
this land, who received it as her dower in estates of her 
husband, Dr. Little. 



APPENDIX F. 

Copy of documents in possession of Charles B. Wood at 
Kinsman, Ohio, i6th October, 1901 : 

"This Indenture made the 13th day of August, 1794, 
"witnesseth that Asa Richardson, of Norwich, in New Lon- 
"don County and State of Connecticut, legal guardian to 
"Charles Wood, son of Mr. Josiah Wood, late of Lebanon, 
"in said State, hath by virtue of his said guardianship put, 
"placed and bound, and by these (by and with the consent 
"of said Minor) do bind the said Charles an apprentice to 
"Abiel Hyde, of said Norwich, and with him, the said 
"Hyde, to serve and dwell from the date hereof until he 
"the said apprentice shall arrive to the full age of twenty- 
"one years, which will be on the 19th day of Oct., 1800; 
"all which term he, the said apprentice, shall with the said 
"Hyde serve and dwell, his secrets keep, his lawful com- 
"mands obey, he shall not waste his said master's goods, 
"nor absent himself from his said master's service without 
"liberty during said term, but in all things behave himself 
"as a faithful apprentice ought to do. And the said Abiel 
"Hyde does on his part covenant and engage to teach and 
"instruct him, said apprentice, as far as he is capable, the 
"art and mystery of hat making in all the branches that 
"said Hyde carries on and also provide for said apprentice 
"good and sufficient meat, drink, washing and lodging, and 
"medicine if necessary in sickness and in health during 
"said term, and at the end of said term dismiss his said 
"apprentice with decent cloaths." 

The lower part of this document had been torn ofif and 
above is all that remained. On the back of it was the fol- 
lowing: "To whom it may concern, — I do certify that the 

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Appendix F] ThE WoOD FaMILY. 37 



"within named Charles T. Wood has served a regular ap- 
''prenticeship with me at the hatter's trade; he is a good 
"workman. I am not ashamed to recommend him to any 
"gentleman who wishes to incourage him in the hatter's 
"business. 

"This 20th day of October, 1800, I dismiss the within 
"named Charles T. Wood with Honour. 

/"Abiel Hyde." 
! 

Copy of document in possession of Charles B. Wood, 
Kinsman, Ohio, relating to his father, Charles Joseph 
Wood : 

"To whom it may concern, this may certify that Mr. 
"Charles Wood has been in my employment several years 
"in a Cotton Factory, last as Overseer of a Spinning Room, 
"in which capacity he has given satisfaction beyond my 
"expectation when he commenced. I have no hesitation in 
"recommending him to possess the best requisites, steady 
"habits, good sense, system and regularity in the manage- 
"ment of his business and government of his Hands; for 
"the experience he has had he is among the best ever in my 
"employment. 

"John Gray. 

"Lisbon, Nov. 2nd, 1829." 



APPENDIX G. 



Copy of a letter from Rachel Carew (wife of Daniel 
Carew) to her brother, Charles Joseph Wood, written 
shortly after he emigrated from Norwich, Conn., to Kins- 
man, Ohio. The original of this letter is in possession of 
his son, Charles B. Wood, of Kinsman, Ohio : 



Norwich, October 9th, 1831. 

Dear Brother and Sister : I rejoiced to hear (by way of 
Mr. Bushnel's letter) of your prosperity. I feel a great 
desire to see you in your new habitation and am much dis- 
appointed in that we cannot come this fall, we have our 
"ups and downs," about moving ; at one time we thought we 
were sure of selling, and for the space of one week I was 
flying to you, but the pretended purchaser "backed out;" 
but I hope we shall succeed better another year. When I 
consider the distance between us, I exclaim, O why is it 
that we are so far separated, the time is so short that we 
have to stay in this world that it seems as though we might 
live nearer together. But the great Father of all gives us 
hopes and prospects of better things, which enables us 
better to bear the disappointments which we have to pass 
through. I spent ten days at Uncle Kinsman's a short time 
since. Grandmother Tracy's health is very feeble. I had 
a short letter from Cousin Maria Hoar, dated the 4th of 
June, stating that Grandmother Wood's health was quite 
comfortable, so that she could sit up the most of the day. 
Cousin Josiah is in partnership at his trade with a young 
man in Hartford, and boards at home. Mr. Fuller, that 
brought the letter, said that Maria's health is remarkably 

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Appendix G] ThE WoOD FaMILY. 39 



good, that she is quite rational and is braiding hats; she 
desired to know if Charles had moved to the west, as they 
had heard such a report. I have not answered her letter 
yet. I know not whether Mr. F. has returned to Hartford. 
Mr. and Mrs, Marvin Watrons have lost their only son of 
the cauker-rash. Mrs. Elisha Mansfield likewise died last 
week of a kind of consumption, I believe. Mr. George 
Andrews is married to a Miss Lad. Widow Gurdon 
Bushnell is also married. Levi Perry and Emily Charleton 
are married. Henry Harris sailed out of N. London in 
June on a whaling expedition ; we have lately had news of 
his good health and faithfulness. Mrs. Harris continues 
to occupy half of the house, but we intend to have it set off 
next month if she persists in holding it. Uncle B. T. de- 
sired me to write his love to you. George sends his and 
likewise wishes that Uncle Charles would come along with 
a load of wood. I found some pieces of your vest in one of 
my drawers, and as this letter is to go free I think I will ven- 
ture to put them in. I shall likewise send you some seeds 
of a vergaloas and quince. Give my respects to Esq. B.'s 
family, and especially to Uncle and Aunt; also to Mrs. R., 
etc. From your affectionate sister, 

Rachel Carew. 

The above letter was written on one side of a sheet of 
foolscap paper. On the other side of the sheet was the fol- 
lowing letter, written by the husband, Daniel Carew : 

Dear Charles : I improve the present private opportunity 
to inform you of our good health, as I perceive Rachel has 
not. We thought we had sold to R. Morgan, but he 
skunk't from his bargain. He now laies it all to mother, 
but I find you can't hold him unless you have it in black 



40 The Wood Family. [appendix g 

and white. Mrs. Harris does not yet give us an answer 
whether she will sell or not. The County Court sits next 
month, and if she does nothing about it before that time I 
shall bring a petition and have it set off. Mrs. Isaiah W. 
Hollaway wishes me to request you to enquire of Capt. D. 
Allen what sum is the least he will take for that small place 
of his on the opposite side of the road and write him an 
answer. It is that small log house and how much land 
there is with it. He wants about 7 acres, but if there is 
a little more or less it will make no odds. As to coming out 
to Kinsman I don't know what to say to you. I have 
thought sometimes of putting my house and land joining 
up at auction, for I suppose I could sell the rest at any time. 
Morgan says he will let me have $500 and wait till the pro- 
perty can be sold, but Uncle Kinsman and my mother advise 
not to take it, as he may give me trouble. So we must stay 
where we are at present. It has been a remarkably wet sea- 
son and very productive one. It is now the 9th of Oct. 
and we have not frost enough to kill the tender vines. 
Uncle B. remains pretty much the same kind of person 
he ever was, but we get along with him as well as we could 
expect. He is an old child and we make allowance. Charles, 
I want you, if you ever do write us, to inform me what vou 
think of my selling at auction. It would probably not sell 
at this time for its value. Give my respects to Mrs. Wood 
and a large share to yourself. N. B. — You will perceive by 
this that we have not forgotten you, although it seems you 
have us, for we should not have known you was in the land 
of the living if 

The above is all there was on this sheet of paper. It 
would appear that this letter was continued on another 
sheet. 



APPENDIX H. 

During the preparation of this pamphlet efforts were 
made to trace the ancestry of Thomas Wood of Rowley. 
These were not successful; but the following facts are 
considered worthy of mention in that connection: 

Col. Eliphalet Dyer visited England in 1763 (See 
"Universities and their Sons" Vol. 5, page lyp, and 
"Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.") 

He bought out for Annie (Wood) Elderkin, wife of 
Col. Jedediah Elderkin of Windham, Conn., a crest and 
coat-of-arms. They were understood to be the crest and 
coat-of-arms of the Wood family, to which she belonged. 
She was the daughter of Thomas Wood^, of Norwich, 
Conn., who was a grandson of Thomas Wood of Rowley. 
They were retained by Mrs. Elderkin and her descendants 
until 1872, when they were deposited with the Long Island 
Historical Society of Brooklyn, New York. 

In the Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 
in the Publication of the Harleian Society, Vol. XXXII, 
for the year 1891, is found the following : 



42 The Wood Family. [Appendix h 

"The visitation of Norfolk, made and taken by William 
Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, Anno. 1563, enlarged 
with another visitation made by Clarencieux Cooke, with 
many other descents, and also the visitation made by John 
Raven, Richmond, Anno. 1613 (compiled by Richard 
Mundy), edited by Walter Rye, London, 1891." 



WOOD. 

Had. 1552, ink fo. 13, 

Arms. — Per pale argent and sable, on a chevron between three 

martlets as many trefoils all counterchanged. 
Crest. — A martlet with wings expanded argent, holding in the beak 

a tulip proper, stalked and leaved vert. 

Edmond Wood of Norwich, gent — Elizabeth da. of Peyrs of Norwich. 



Sr. Robert Wood was Mavor of Norwich & knighted — Ann 3 da. to Augustyne 



by Her Majesty in the time of her progress. 



Steward. 



I I .11 

1 Fldmond ^ Robert Wood — Anne da. & coh of John Elizabeth Austyn 



Wood, ob. s.p. ofThurston. 



Wolmer of Thurston. Wood. S.P. 



I I I I I 

1 Rob. Wood. 2 Edmond. 3 philip. Frances. Alice. 



3 Peter Wood of the Citv of — Martha da. of Thomas Ward of 



Norwich. 



Brooke in Norf. 



I I I II 

1 Robert. ^ Augustyn. ^ Edmond. Mary. Ann. 



Appendix H] ThE WoOD FaMILY. 43 



In another publication from Harleian MSS, edited by 
Rev. G. H. Dashwood and continued by others, 1878, Vol. 
L, page 27, are further particulars of the Wood family of 
Norwich, England. There is, however, nothing in these 
records, nor have any records been found furnishing posi- 
tive proof that Thomas Wood, of Rowley, was descended 
from this Wood family of Norwich, Norfolk County, 
England, but that he may have been seems highly probable 
for the following reasons. 

The crest and coat-of-arms procured for Mrs. Elderkin 
in 1763 are the same as those of the Norwich family. 

They were brought out as the crest and coat-of-arms of 
the family to which she belonged and were retained by her 
as such. 

At the time Mrs. Elderkin procured them (1763) her 
father, Thomas WoodS of Norwich, carpenter (who was 
grandson of Thomas Wood ^ , of Rowley) , was living, and 
it is only reasonable to assume that it would then be known 
through family tradition from what part of England they 
came and what were their family connections there. 

Until more positive proof can be obtained there will be 
uncertainty in regard to this connection. Possibly future 
investigation may remove the doubts now existing. 



4.. b> Ll. 



INDEX. 



The Wood Family. 



A. PAGE 

Abby Sophia, 30 

Abiah, 10 

Abigail, 15 

Alice, 42 

Amey, 11 

Andrew, ,16 

Ann, 7, 13, 42 

Ann Thompson, 19 

Anna, 16 

Anne, 41, 43 

Annie, 10 

Annie Laura, 22 

Austyn, 42 

B. 

Bela, II 

Benjamin, 10 

Betsey, 17, 34 

Beulah, 12 

Bithia, 12 

c. 

Calvin, 16 

Carl Clifford, 30 

Charles Burnham,.30, 36, 

37, 38 
Charles Harmon, 20,21, 23 

Charles Herman, 29 

Charles Joseph, ... 29, 30, 

37, 38 
Charles Thompson, 17, 29, 

30, 31,3*, 33, 

35, 36, 37 
Charles Tracy, 29 

D. 

Dora Beatrice, 22 

David Bushnell, 29 

E. 

Ebenezer, 8, 9, 12 

Edmond, 42 

Edward, 10 

Eleanor, 12, 14, 15 



E. Con. PAGE 

Eleanor Louisa, 22 

Elijah, 15, 16 

Eliphalet, 13 

Elizabeth, 8, 12,42 

Esther, 12, 16 

Eunice,. ..17, 32, 33, 35 

F. 

Frances, 42 

G. 

Grace Christine, 29 

H. 

Hannah, 10, 12, 13 

Herbert Mariner, 22 

Hester Victoria, 22 

I. 
Irene, 12 

Isabel, 15 

J. 
James, 8 

Jesse, 16 

Job, 15, 16 

John,. . .5, 7, 9, 10, II, 

12, 13, 15 
John Leroy, 30 

Joseph, 8,9, 10, II, 12, 15 

Joshua, 16 

Josiah ' , 8 

Josiah3,..5, 9, 13, 14, 15 
Josiah4, 5, 16, 17, 18,25, 

26, 34, 35, 36 
Josiahs, 5, 17, 18, 19, 26, 

27, 31, 32, 33 
Josiah?, I, 3, 5, 20, 21, 

22, 24, 31 



Levi, 
Lois, . 
Lucy, 
Lydia, 



L. 



16 
,16 
, II 
. 12 



M. PAGE 

IVIariner Ayer, 5, 19, 20, 21 

Martha, 10, 16, 43 

Mary, 7, 12, 42 

Mary Burnham, 29 

Miriam, 12 

N. 

Nathaniel, 12 

Nina Estella, 29 

o. 

Olive, 16 

P. 
Peter, 42 

Philip, 42 

Phineas, 11 

Priscilla, 10, 12, 16 

R. 

Rachel Tracy, . . . .29, 30 
Richard, . . .9, 12, 13, 15 

Robert, Sir. . , 3, 4^ 

Ruth, 7, II, 18, 19, 31, 
32, 33, 34, 38 

s. 

Samuel, 8, 11 

Sampson, 16 

Sarah, 13, '9 

Sarah Adelia, 30 

Solomon, 8 

T. 

Thankful, 16 

Thomas', I, 3,5,7,41,43 

Thomas = , 7, 9 

Thomas 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 

41, 43 
Thomas Loren, 30 

w. 

William Wallace, 30 

William Trueman, ... .22 

z. 

Zebedee, 11 



INDEX. 



Other Family Names. 



A. PAGE 

Abell, Experience lO 

Allen, Captain D 40 

Ayer, Abigail Z7, 28 

Content 27 

Dorothy 28 

Elijah 27, 28 

John 28 

Joseph 28 

Mariner .... 27, 28 
Nehemiah. . .27, 28 

Obadiah 28 

Sarah .... 5, 19, 27 

Thomas 28 

Timothy 28 



B. 

Bailey, James 10 

Samuel 35 

Barrett, Ann 14 

Eleanor .... 5, 14 

John 14 

Margaret .... 14 

Barstow, Yetonce 12 

Bennett, Mary 13 

Bent, Cynthia 20 

Jacobina 27 

Martin 27 

Bingham, Ebenezer. ... 11 

Jabez 12 

Boynton, Joseph 8 

Bushnell, Abbey M 29 

Mrs. Gordon . 29 
Mr 38 



c. 

Carew, Daniel A. 29, 38, 39 

Rachel 38, 39 

Rebecca 39 

Carrier, Hannah 11 

Charleton, Emily 39 



C. Con. PAGE 

Cooke, Clarencieux .... 42 
Cogswell, Rev. James. .15 

D. 

Dashwood, Rev. G. H..43 

Davis, 7 

Dodge, Elizabeth. ..... 10 

Durkie, John 11 

Dyer, Col. Eliphalet 41 



Eastman, Jonathan .... 12 

Elderkin, Anne 41 

Jedediah. . 10, 41 

Elthorpe, Joseph 8 

Margaret .... 8 

Sarah 8 

Thomas 8 

Easterbrooks, Amy .... 27 
Jacobina . . .27 
Valentine . .27 



Felt, Mary 8 

Ferrin, Leroy Trueman . 29 
Mary Cornelia . . 29 
Oscar M 29 

Fobes, Charles Burt. ... 29 
Ethelburt 29 

Fuller, Mr 38, 39 



Gillis, Frank 30 

Mabel 30 

Sylvester 30 

Goodwin, John 35 

Grant, Hannah 9 

Thomas 9 

Graves, George 25 

Gray, John 37 



H. PAGE 

Harris, Henry 39 

Haskins, Richard 12 

Hazeltine, Mary 8 

Hazen, Edward 9 

Hannah 9 

Isabel. . . 5,9, 12 

Jacob II 

Thomas. ... 9, 1 1 

Hervey, William 42 

Hicks, Elizabeth 28 

Hoar, Maria 17, 38 

Holloway, Mrs.IsaiahW.40 
Hosford, Mrs. Rebecca . 15 

Hough, Esther 11 

Mary 13 

Hunt, Ann 5, 7 

John 8 

Mary 7 

Hyde, Abiel 36, 37 

Lucy 35 

- J. 

Jewett, Joseph 7 

Family 8 



K. 

Kibbie, J. A I 

Kimball, Sarah 10 

Knight, Benjamin 15 

John 15 

L. 

Lad, Miss 39 

Larabie, Timothy 15 

Lathrop, Mercy 16 

Little, Dr 35 

Ludwig, Annie 30 

Lunt, John 8 



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III. 



M. PAGE 

Mansfield, Elisha 39 

Merrill, Abigail 27 

Messenger, Benoni . . ..12 
Ebenezer .25 
Rebecca ... 25 

Morgan, R 39 

Mundy, Richard 42 

Murray, Anne 25 

Patton 25 

N. 

Nichols, Rachel 8 

o. 

Ordway, Edward ...... 7 

P. 

Palmer, Acalus 22 

Philip 19, 27 

Parsons, Loring ... 17, 35 

Pember, John 12 

Perry, Levi 39 

Peyrs, Elizabeth 42 

Pitcher, Cornelia C. ... 29 
Plummer, Benjamin .... 7 
Prince, John 20 



R. PAGE 

Raven, John 42 

Reeve, Ida 29 

Richardson, Asa 36 

Robinson, Ichabod. .34, 35 

Joseph 35 

Rudd, Mary 12 

Rye, Walter 42 

s. 

SpofFord, Mary 10 

Steward, Ann 42 

Augustyne. ... 42 

Story, Philippa 12 

Stephen 12 

Swallow, Eleanor 14 

John 14 

Sweetzer, Rebecca 25 

T. 

Thompson, Ann. . .25, 26 
Desire. 25, 26 
Martha. 25, 26 
Rebecca 25, 26 

Robert. 18, 19, 

25, 26, 34 

Ruth 5,17, 25, 

26, 31, 32, 
33, 34, 38 



T. Con. PAGE 

Thurston, Anne 43 

Tracy, Benjamin. . . 30, 35 
Elizabeth 17,29, 30 
Mary A 30 

Trueman, Laura S. . . 5, 22 
Louisa C. . 5, 20 

Tubbs, Deborah 12 

Samuel 12 



V. 

Veeder, Peter 35 



Walbridge, Theoda 16 

Wallace, Annie E 30 

Mary C 30 

Sophia B 30 

William 30 

Ward, Martha 42 

Thomas 42 

Watrons, Marvin 39 

Werden, Content 27 

Wolmer, Anne 42 

John 42 

Wright, Ephraim 13 



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